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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_D53B0FA6-010B-44C3-A972-DF8B4F10A226 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Chris: A discuter. Or not. MMc > On May 13, 2016, at 11:52 AM, John Kearney = <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >=20 > Hi all, > A scientific paper was published this week that shows that the fasting = required during long-distance migration causes mercury contamination, = stored in the muscle of birds, to be released in concentrated form to = the blood stream. This can make the birds forgetful and disoriented. = Could this mean that we see more rare birds in recent decades because = they are poisoned and not solely because there are more birders? > An international study in the 2000s showed Nova Scotia to be a mercury = hotspot. Further studies documented the negative effects of mercury on = breeding birds like loons. This new study shows that it can also affect = their migration. > John > Seewagen, C. L. et al. Mobilization of mercury from lean tissues = during simulated > migratory fasting in a model songbird. Sci. Rep. 6, 25762; doi: = 10.1038/srep25762 (2016). --Apple-Mail=_D53B0FA6-010B-44C3-A972-DF8B4F10A226 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">Chris:<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">A = discuter. Or not.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">MMc</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On May 13, 2016, at 11:52 AM, John Kearney <<a = href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" = class=3D"">john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic = Sans MS';" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Hi all,<o:p = class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">A = scientific paper was published this week that shows that the fasting = required during long-distance migration causes mercury contamination, = stored in the muscle of birds, to be released in concentrated form to = the blood stream. This can make the birds forgetful and disoriented. = Could this mean that we see more rare birds in recent decades because = they are poisoned and not solely because there are more birders?<o:p = class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">An= international study in the 2000s showed Nova Scotia to be a mercury = hotspot. Further studies documented the negative effects of mercury on = breeding birds like loons. This new study shows that it can also affect = their migration.<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif;" class=3D"">John<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic = Sans MS';" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: = MinionPro-Regular, serif;" class=3D"">Seewagen, C. L.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: MinionPro-It, serif;" class=3D"">et = al.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: MinionPro-Regular, serif;" = class=3D"">Mobilization of mercury from lean tissues during = simulated<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: = MinionPro-Regular, serif;" class=3D"">migratory fasting in a model = songbird.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: MinionPro-It, = serif;" class=3D"">Sci. Rep.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: MinionPro-Bold, = serif;" class=3D"">6</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; = font-family: MinionPro-Regular, serif;" class=3D"">, 25762; doi: = 10.1038/srep25762 (2016).</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D53B0FA6-010B-44C3-A972-DF8B4F10A226--
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